Braves come back and beat NIU 66-63

[bigdaddystuck]

Great effort in the comeback! Thoughts....

[amckillip]

Looked ugly, Sam got us back in it. We barely finished. I want to see more of JP and WE at the same time. We might need to un-redshirt AD if MK can't give us something and AD can. DSE fell back to earth IMO.

[TheAsianSensation]

A win is a win is a win is a win.

Some negatives, some positives, it took awhile to actually establish a lead beyond one possession. But it's good to have a gritty win in the pocket this early in the season.

A 100% healthy Maniscalco is my new wishlist for this season. We'll be fine if we have that.

[bugregshu]

I thought it was 66-63

[Braveman]

It was.... its BDS's birthday- so he was probably celebrating too much

[amettrick]

A win is a win, but that was ugly. Play like that against a better team and it's a double-digit loss.

This team needs SM to score, and score a lot, if it's going anywhere this year.

[bigdaddystuck]

Looked ugly, Sam got us back in it. We barely finished. I want to see more of JP and WE at the same time. We might need to un-redshirt AD if MK can't give us something and AD can. DSE fell back to earth IMO.

The 3 seniors really led us tonight. AW kept us in the game early and then SM got us going late in the 2nd. And then all 3 came up with some plays down the stretch. (AW taking the charge, SM knocking the ball off the NIU player, DD big rebound at the end)

[MacabreMob]

I thought it was 66-63

It was.... its BDS's birthday- so he was probably celebrating too much

Heaven forbid a moderator edits the title of the thread. Cause if so - then a couple people will use it as an example BradleyFans.com changes what people post on this board.

[Bravesfan]

I got one word for this game:

PHEW!!!

But hey, a win is a win. They were about three missed FT's and one or two more baskets away from making this a lot easier on ourselves, but we had a nice stretch from about 7:30 to 2 minutes left. We need a lot more of that tomorrow as our opposition takes a step up in class. Loyola-Marymount I believe is supposed to be at least an NIT contender from the West Coast Conference, so we need to be on our guard early and often. Plus we have GOT to stop letting teams back into the game late! Not that our effort wasn't there. It was from what I saw watching the game online. But a couple of mental mistakes and missed FT's can do in any team on any night, and we have to stop doing this. But at least we did just enough to close things out, and maybe this season we win more of these close games than we did last year.

Anyway, onto LMU tomorrow night at the friendly confines of Carver Arena. Got to bag this game as well before heading into the road portion of the tourney this weekend.

[bigdaddystuck]

whoops! 69 is my lucky number! Guess I got turned upside down on that one!

[InMnBob1]

Not very impressive in any area of the game. This is going to be a disappointing year again. Is it just me or is t hard to get excited about this season and team?

[houstontxbrave]

Out boarded by 12. That beat goes on and on and on. 8-16 from the ft line, that is very familar too.

3 pt win over a team who will struggle to win double digits this season.

Why are we taking the air out of the ball with 3 minutes to play? 17 - 2 run and we decide to stop essentially playing offense.

I guess a win is a win.

[Bravesfan]

Not very impressive in any area of the game. This is going to be a disappointing year again. Is it just me or is t hard to get excited about this season and team?

Again, let's wait until the end of this week to see where we are at. We will know A LOT more where this team is headed by Sunday night.

[BradleyBrave]

Nice comeback, way to gut out a win shorthanded. A few observations -

1. Sammy's health is going to determine how far we go with TB down. AW looks like he's going to get his, but we really need that 2nd scorer.

2. Looks like the same old story as far as rebounding goes. And the TB excuse on that one doesn't hold much water. It's desire and positioning.

3. Missing half your FT's is unacceptable.

Numbers 2 and 3 are very fixable I think. 1 is tough. Let's tighten it up and get to 3-0 tomorrow night.

[BUfan14]

Looked ugly, Sam got us back in it. We barely finished. I want to see more of JP and WE at the same time. We might need to un-redshirt AD if MK can't give us something and AD can. DSE fell back to earth IMO.

I agree with everything here. DSE needs to step up a litte, plus I hope JE gets healthy soon we need his hustle out there.

WE continues to disappoint me this year. We see flashes of good play and then he misses bunnies and does not finish. I thought this would be the year he finally stepped up and became a consistent big man, but so far it is not happening consistently. I am really hoping as the season goes he gets going a little more, because we need him to play well if we want to do well this year.

SM is the motor for this team and we need him badly. It was good to scrap out a win, last year we probably would have lost that game, so I'll take it. WL continues to impress me, and good effort by the seniors. JP does a nice job down low as well. Back to work tomorrow, let's get another W Braves!